Effectiveness of Electroconvulsive Therapy for Depression and Cotard’s Syndrome in a Patient with Frontotemporal Lobe Dementia
In the field of psychogeriatrics, the differential diagnosis of depression and dementia, as well as the treatment of depression and comorbid dementia, is an important issue. In this paper, the authors present the case of a 72-year-old woman with Cotard’s syndrome and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) wh...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2012-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Psychiatry |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/627460 |